Sash-holder.



No. 703,829. Patented July l, |902.-

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SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,829, dated July 1,1902.V

Application filed October 3, l 901. Serial No. 77,449. (No model.)

Beit known that I, WILLIAM M. REELY, of Spokane, in the county ofSpokane and State of Washington, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class ofV sash-holders inwhich a shoe is pressed by a spring against a sash or windowjamb to holdthe sash at any desired point.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and-efficientsash-holding device thatY may be readily applied, repaired, and removedwhen necessary and to provide means whereby the tension of the springmay be regulated to compensate for wear.

To this end my invention `consists in the special construction andarrangement of the various parts, as will be hereinafter fully shown anddescribed, and pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a Vertical section al elevationof thewindow-j amb, showin g the various parts in their proper position. Fig.2 is an edge view of the window-jamb with my'improvement attachedthereto. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of modifications.

My invention comprises a plate A, having a central box-like depressionlet into the jamb B. Each end of the plate is set into a recess cutinto.the jamb and is secured therein by cover-plates C C and screws passingthrough openings in said cover-plates and end plates into the jamb.

The plate A has projecting from the innersurface of its depressedcentral portion a lug or projection H toward the sash,said lug orprojection being located somewhat above the center of the said depressedportion. Above this lug and adjacent to the upper wall of the depressedportion the plate A is provided with a threaded hole F, the purpose ofwhich will be presently described.

A metal plate spring G, consisting of straight upper-portion and of abow-shaped curved lower portion the face of which is slightly flattened,is secured at its upper end to the plate A, but at some distance fromthe same, by the screw-bolt F, which screws into the threaded hole F inplate A. This platespring G bears against the lug I-I near the lower endof its straight portion, and just below the said lug the bow curvedportion springs toward ,thesash It will-be seen that the lug H forms afulcrum upon which the plate-springv G rocks.

The upper cover-plate O is usually secured to the jamb and plate A andis set flush with the face of said jamb; but it may be cast integralwith the plate A. The said cover-plate extends below the upper Wall ofthe depressed portion of the plate A and beyond `the point where thespring-attaching screwbolt F enters the plate A. Directly opposite toand in a straight line from the head of the screw-bolt F a hole E,somewhat larger than the head of said bolt, is made `in the uppercover-plate C. The purpose ofthis hole E is to provide means whereby ascrewl-driver may be inserted and force in or out the screw-bolt F', andthereby regulate the tension of the plate-spring G'.

Between the lower end of the plate A where itis secured to the jamb andthe lower coverplate C is secured the shoe J by means of screws passingthrough the three members. Said shoe J projects upwardly in front ofbowed portion of spring G and conforms in shape thereto and is pressedagainst the edge of the sash thereby. The shoeJ maybe made of wood,rubber,` leather, or other suitable material possessing greaterfrictional qualities than metal.

One or more of the holders may be .used on each side of the sash, or theside opposite to that in which the Aholder is located may be providedwith a shoe J', which consists of a strip of wood, rubber, leather, orother suitable friction material secured at each end to the jamb byscrews and raised between the points of attachment.

In Figs. 3 and-4 are illustrated modifications of my device. Theconstruction shown in Fig. 3 consists of a curved plate-spring G,secured atlits upper end in a recess near the upper corner of the sashand adapted to bear against a shoe J, which consists of a strip ofsuitable friction material secured to the'inner face of the'window jambor casing.

The construction shown in Fig. 4 consists of a curved plate-spring G,secured at its upper end in a recess in the window-jamb and IOO adaptedto bear against a shoe J, of suitable friction material, secured to sideedge of the sash K.

It will be seen that I provide a simple, cheap, and efficient devicethat can readily be applied to old window constructions as well as tonew structures.

The use of afriction-shoe forced against the edge of the sash willprevent the wearing of the same to a polished or smooth condition, whichoccurs when a metal spring bears directly on said part.

The addition of the downwardly-projecting upper cover-plate C, providedwith the hole E, is an important feature, as it protects the upper endof the spring Gr and the screw-bolt F from disarrangement and enablesone to readily operate the said bolt to regulate the tension of thespring G and cause it to bear with greater or less pressure against theshoe J and through that against the sash K, and thus securely hold thesash at any point desired.

The free ends of the plate-spring and of the friction-shoe are turnedinwardly, so as to present no obstruction to the free movement of theparts. The lower portion of the springplate G being bowed or curved andthe upper portion of the friction-shoe K being similarly curved, theysustain a substantially parallelv relation to each other, and areconsequently in contact throughout their curved portions, thus affordinga long bearing of the frictionshoe against the sash, thereby givinggreater holding power to the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. Asash-holder comprising a plate having a central depression provided witha lug or projection on its inner face, a plate-sprin g secured at oneend to the jamb-plate and having a fulcrum bearing against said lugbelow the point of attachment of said spring, a friction-shoe secured tothe j amb-plate in front of said plate-spring and adapted to be pressedthereby against a sash, an upper cover-plate extending below the upperwall of the central depression of the jamb-plate and provided with meanswhereby the tension of the platespring may be regulated, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. A sash-holder comprising a jamb-plate,

having a central box-like depression, provided with a lug on its innerface and hav-l ing a screw-hole near its upper wall, a platespringsecured to said jamb-plate by a screwbolt secured in said threaded.opening and having a fulcrum bearing against the lug or projection ofthe jamb-plate, an upper coverplate secured to upper end of thejamb-plate and projecting downwardly beyond the point of attachment ofthe spring-plate to the jambplate, and having an opening opposite thehead of the screw-bolt whereby the tension of the spring-plate may beregulated, a friction-shoe secured to the lower end of the j amb-plateprojecting upwardly in front of the spring-plate, and adapted to bepressed thereby against the edge of a sash, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a sash-holder the combination with a curved plate-spring securedat one end, of an oppositely disposed and similarly curved shoe offrictional material secured at one end, against which the saidspring-plate is adapted to bear in parallel relation, substantially asshown and described.

4. A sash-holder consisting of a j amb-plate having a central box-likedepression, a lug formed on the inner face of the depressed portion ofsaid jamb-plate, a curved platespring secu red at its upper end withinthe depression of the j amb-plate and bearing against said lug, anadjusting screw-bolt securing said spring to the j amb-plate, an uppercoverplate secured to the upper end of the jambplate, and having adownwardly-projecting portion extending below the point of attachment ofthe said spring-plate to the j ambplate, said upper cover-plate havingin its downwardly-projecting portion, a hole in line with and oppositethe head of the screw-bolt,

whereby a screw-driver may be inserted to turn the screw-bolt andregulate the tension of the curved spring-plate, substantially as shownand described.

5. A sash-holder comprising a plate provided with a lug or projection onits face, a

curved metal plate-spring adj ustably secured at one end to said plateand fulcrumed on said lug or projection, an oppositely-arranged andcorrespondingly-curved friction-shoe, secured at one end against thefree end of which the said plate-spring is adapted to bear in parallelrelation, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM M. REELY. Witnesses:

H. N. DAvIEs, C. B. MORRISON.

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